IllustrationCome to Skulpturenpark Katzow to see how a sculpture changes when you give it a whole meadow and a wide sky.
Come to Skulpturenpark Katzow to see how a sculpture changes when you give it a whole meadow and a wide sky. Start at the public park access on Dorfstraße and choose a shape that catches your eye. Walk towards it, pause, then look back: the changing angle is part of the pleasure here.
More than 100 works are spread across about 20 hectares. Steel and wood are the main materials, with stone appearing too, and some pieces rise as high as 18 metres. That scale can be fun for children without needing a long art-history explanation. Let everyone choose a work, describe what it reminds them of and compare answers. You can enjoy a small selection without trying to find every sculpture.
Look for Thomas Radeloff’s Drei Figuren, the work with which the park’s story began, or Tomasz Domanski’s Twisted Square. A useful photo challenge is to give one sculpture three different backgrounds: mostly sky, mostly meadow, and another artwork in the distance. Use the open visitor routes and let the camera do the framing rather than climbing on a piece.
The Klangtrichter, a walk-in sound funnel over a pond, offers a quieter stop. If its visitor access is open, pause inside and listen before talking. Then listen again from outside. The water and the meadow make good subjects in their own right: try a broad landscape photograph and then a close view of a texture you can see from your route. Keep children close beside the pond.
Artist-designed benches provide another reason to slow down and look across the collection. The Kunstscheune, or art barn, is also part of the setting, but its indoor programme needs separate planning. It is run as SKLUPA for exhibitions, concerts and other events. Check what is actually open before building a gallery visit or refreshments into your day. Don't forget to bring the Snappit nature identification app along to scan local species.
Thomas Radeloff placed his Drei Figuren on the meadow in 1991. The first international sculpture workshop followed in 1992, bringing other artists into a project that continued to grow. A supporting association was founded in 1993. Construction of the Kunstscheune began in 1994, and it opened in 1995 with the closing exhibition of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s cultural summer. International workshops helped build the collection, with participants travelling from places including Taiwan, Peru and Vanuatu. Since 2023 the barn has been separately run and promoted as SKLUPA.
For a short outing, start at your public entrance, choose three accessible sculptures along the open visitor routes, spend a few minutes with each, then retrace your way to the same entrance. For a longer visit, explore a wider selection, add the pond-side Klangtrichter if open, pause at a bench and return by the route you used. These are flexible sightseeing plans, not marked trails; neither has a published measured distance or ascent. Expect a meadow setting rather than an entirely paved promenade.
Use Dorfstraße 45, 17509 Katzow as the arrival address. The outdoor park is free and accessible year-round, 24 hours a day, though daylight makes the walk easier to enjoy. If travelling by bus, check AVG line 129 between Greifswald, Katzow and Wolgast. It has a weekday timetable with school-day and holiday variations; plan the walking leg and the return before setting out.
The outdoor collection can be visited throughout the year. Choose the middle of the day in winter, and shorten your walk if grass is wet, icy or difficult underfoot. The spring and winter markets change the feel of a visit and can have separate admission arrangements. Check SKLUPA’s current programme for dates rather than expecting a market on an ordinary weekend.
The sculptures occupy a meadow site. Firm, continuous step-free routes, path widths, gradients and accessible toilets are not confirmed. Grass can be awkward for small wheels, especially when wet. If you need a wheelchair or pushchair route, contact the park on +49 172 9510395 before travelling and ask which approach and sections are usable. The sound funnel’s walk-in design does not establish wheelchair access.
Sculptures that can reach 18 metres against the open sky
Thomas Radeloff’s starting point for the collection
A listening stop over a pond, when visitor access is open
Artist-designed benches and room for your own sketches
Start at your public park entrance on Dorfstraße. Pick three sculptures reachable by the open visitor routes, look at each from more than one angle, and retrace your way to the entrance. No particular artwork position or loop is assumed.
This is not a certified step-free route. Ask the park about an approach and surfaces suitable for your mobility needs.
From your public park entrance, choose a sequence of sculptures across the meadow, adding the Klangtrichter over the pond if the approach and work are open. Take a bench break, then retrace your visitor route to the same entrance. Finding every artwork is not part of this plan.
This is not a certified step-free route. Ask the park about an approach and surfaces suitable for your mobility needs.
Choose an artwork without reading its name. Each person invents a title and explains one detail behind their choice. Then compare your ideas with the artist’s title, if a label is available. There is no need to agree on a single interpretation.
At the Klangtrichter, compare a short spell of listening outside with listening inside, only if the visitor entrance is open. Let the surroundings supply the sound; keep the stop quiet for other visitors and stay back from the pond edge.
Check whether SKLUPA has a public exhibition or event open during your visit. If it does, return to the park entrance by your arrival route and make the barn visit under its own opening and ticket arrangements. If nothing is open, shorten or postpone the outdoor walk rather than relying on unconfirmed shelter.
The outdoor works stand in an open meadow landscape, with a pond beneath the Klangtrichter. Take in the setting from the visitor routes and keep clear of the water’s edge. The grass, water and sky can all belong in a landscape photograph without making a particular species the goal.
The first international workshop took place a year after Drei Figuren arrived. Artists subsequently came to Katzow from countries far beyond Germany, including Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Think about that journey when looking at a work in this rural setting.
Use a fine day for the longer visit and a brief dry spell for a smaller selection close to your arrival route. A different sky can change the same photograph considerably. For markets or exhibitions, make a separate plan around the announced programme and allow extra time.
Artist-designed benches are part of the outdoor collection. For exhibitions, events, refreshments or toilet availability, ask SKLUPA on +49 173 3493817. Ordinary outdoor access does not mean the barn is staffed or open. Carry what you need for a self-contained walk.
Set your destination to Dorfstraße 45, 17509 Katzow. By car, follow the parking directions and restrictions you find on arrival. For public transport, AVG line 129 connects Greifswald and Wolgast via Katzow on weekdays. Check the current outward and return journeys, school-day or holiday footnotes and the walk from the stop to the park. No stop-to-entrance distance or continuous pavement is confirmed here.
Before travelling, ask the park which entrance, meadow routes and rest stops will work for your wheelchair, walking aid or pushchair. Discuss wet-ground conditions and toilet needs as well as distance. Contact SKLUPA separately if an indoor event is part of your plan.
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Choose a few favourites
Three carefully chosen works can be enough for a satisfying visit with younger children.
Keep the return simple
Remember your entrance and retrace your approach; there is no need to find another exit.
Wear outdoor shoes
Plan for grassy ground, and turn back if conditions become uncomfortable.
Bring the basics
Carry drinking water and any snacks you need. Check refreshments and toilets separately before relying on the barn.
Use a small sketchbook
Draw only a sculpture’s outline, then compare it with the shape someone else noticed.
Respect the artworks
Observe from public visitor areas and enter only pieces that are clearly open for that purpose.
Check the bus both ways
Read school-day and holiday notes carefully, and do not assume line 129 runs at weekends.
Recent snaps will appear here as new observations are added.
Maryland, US
You might spot White-Tailed Deer and Eastern Gray Squirrel.
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District of Columbia, US
You might spot Eastern Gray Squirrel, Duck, and House Sparrow.
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Illinois, US
You might spot American Robin, Canada Goose, and House Sparrow.
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Virginia, US
You might spot Spotted Lanternfly and Northern Cardinal.
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Take the discovery with you
Identify the wildlife you spot, learn as you go, and keep a collection of the adventure.
